Overly Long Variable Name Could Have Been a Comment

[pavel_lishin]

https://jonathan-frere.com/posts/names-vs-comments/

[pavel_lishin]

I wish they had included some examples.

I'm a big fan of breaking things down into intermediate steps, to make the whole flow easier to understand. Sometimes comments are necessary - but usually I can come up with intuitive variable names.

[KingLancelot]

I disagree.

Comments are to explain why, not how.